Republican Politics of the Absurd and the Climate Debate

Joel B. Stronberg
6 min readApr 11, 2024
Key Bridge collapse photo courtesy of Wikipedia

Like many Americans, I was gob-smacked the other morning when I saw the video of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge collapse. Disasters of such magnitude take lives as well as forever changing those that survive.

Living in the Baltimore, Washington area, I’ve often driven over the Key Bridge, as have family and friends. The 1.6-mile-long bridge is a major route up…

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Joel B. Stronberg

Stronberg is a thought leader in the climate community with over 40 years of experience covering environmental and sustainability issues as a freelancer.